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WO2011096002A1 - Distributeur automatique d'aliments secs pour animaux de compagnie - Google Patents

Distributeur automatique d'aliments secs pour animaux de compagnie Download PDF

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WO2011096002A1
WO2011096002A1 PCT/IT2010/000036 IT2010000036W WO2011096002A1 WO 2011096002 A1 WO2011096002 A1 WO 2011096002A1 IT 2010000036 W IT2010000036 W IT 2010000036W WO 2011096002 A1 WO2011096002 A1 WO 2011096002A1
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rotatable
metering device
paddle
food
main tank
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Antonio Pieri
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Alesia Innovation S.R.L.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0275—Automatic devices with mechanisms for delivery of measured doses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0225—Gravity replenishment from a reserve, e.g. a hopper
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K5/00—Feeding devices for stock or game ; Feeding wagons; Feeding stacks
    • A01K5/02—Automatic devices
    • A01K5/0291—Automatic devices with timing mechanisms, e.g. pet feeders

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  • the present patent application generally refers to the field of automatic feeders for pets, more particularly the invention regards an innovative automatic dry food dispenser for animals.
  • the invention is applicable to any animal type to which such apparatus type can be advantageously directed, but preferably it regards the field of pets and still more preferably that of dogs and cats.
  • the present invention arises from the need to face the abovementioned problems, by making an innovative automatic pet food dispenser apparatus which is capable of rationalizing the animal food in complete autonomy for several days.
  • Such aforesaid condition request even if currently actuatable by the most complex apparatuses of the prior art, is innovatively achieved by means of a meter of mechanical type, manually adjustable and with a command system that is easily settable with a simple timer.
  • the object of the present invention is that of making a so-called "food dispenser” with specific characteristics, which render it simple like that of the more elementary apparatuses known in the art and at the same time which comprises functions like those of the more complex pet food dispenser apparatuses of the prior art.
  • the innovative concept underlying the present invention consists of providing for an automatic food dispenser for pets of electromechanical type, which therefore lacks all of the complicated electronic management devices, and is capable of having a high functionality and at the same time equipped with a surprising structural and use simplicity, which hence involves an entire series of advantages with respect to the current systems.
  • the present invention refers to an automatic dry food dispenser for pets, particularly for dogs or cats, capable of automatically providing, with a repetitive daily programming, the supply of food over the span of one or more days, in predetermined amounts and at predetermined times.
  • the present invention has as main object that of proposing equipment of electromechanical type whose programming thus results extremely simple and intuitive, since it is based overall on two different selections:
  • the inventive food dispenser can have modular and scalable components, such that it can be used according to multiple topologies and different complexity levels, being adapted to different use needs.
  • the concept just described is obtained by providing that the main tank, in which the food is placed, can be volumetrically increased by means of the simple connection of further auxiliary tanks.
  • a further objective is that of proposing an inventive food dispenser which can be made on an industrial scale, whose components are of standard type and are easily found on the market, and whose production is fully sustainable from an economical and environmental standpoint.
  • the aforesaid food dispenser can be made in a manner that is entirely innovative in its field.
  • the on/off switch and the settable timer are positioned upstream and thus at the level of the current outlet, such that the power supply cable, along with the entire apparatus, is only crossed by electric current in the 8-10 seconds necessary for carrying out the food dispensing cycle.
  • both the cable and the entire inventive automatic dispenser are not crossed by any type of electric current except in the few seconds of steady-state functioning, thus ensuring a nearly complete safety level, preventing the possibility of electrical discharges.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides that a settable and disconnectable buzzer emitting an acoustic signal informs the animal when the supply cycle has been completing, informing the pet of meal time.
  • constituent materials of said inventive automatic food dispenser these can be selected by the man skilled in the art so as to satisfy the technical characteristics in this particular field, including solidity, strength, anti-corrosive, repeated washing strength, etc.; nevertheless, said materials must satisfy strict laws regarding the materials employed in food and can comprise those of metal type, preferably stainless steel and/or polymers of plastic type.
  • variable food servings to be administered for each individual meal can be set in the range of 20 g to 1000 g, and preferably 30 g - 800 g.
  • FIGURE 1 is a top perspective view of an automatic dispenser of dry food for pets according to the present invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a top perspective view of an automatic dispenser of Fig. 1 with the auxiliary tank installed;
  • FIGURE 3 is a top perspective view of an automatic dispenser of Fig. 2 partially dismantled and with the fundamental constituent elements viewed in sequence;
  • FIGURE 4 shows the bottom view of the lower surface of the main tank;
  • FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the rotatable screening basket
  • FIGURE 6 is a top perspective view of the main tank with a portion of the front wall eliminated;
  • FIGURE 7 is a top perspective view of the mechanical metering device with a portion of the front wall eliminated with the rotatable screening basket extracted;
  • FIGURE 8 is a top perspective view of the mechanical metering device of the alternative embodiment with a portion of the front wall eliminated and the rotatable cylindrical metering device extracted.
  • these show an automatic food dispenser for animals of electromechanical type, i.e. characterized by the presence of an innovative calibrated rotatable screening basket, which takes advantage of the fall by gravity of the food contained in the overlying tank.
  • such innovative automatic dispenser comprises a main tank 200, preferably of cylindrical form, closed on its upper part by a reclosable cover 201.
  • Said main tank 200 vertically engages on a mechanical metering device 100 internally provided with a rotatable screening basket 101 and a horizontal rotatable paddle 115.
  • Said mechanical metering device 100 is in turn vertically engaged on a bowl 300, suitably designed so as to extend forwardly and is equipped with a front opening in order to allow the insertion of the animal's muzzle.
  • a rotatable screening basket 101 is present inside the mechanical metering device 100.
  • This basket is formed by a cylinder (Fig. 5), inside of which a variable number of identical circular portions 102 are made that centrally end in a circular surface 103, which in turn is characterized by a longitudinal bore 104 situated in central position.
  • Said circular portions 102 are hollow, i.e. equipped with openings having gradually increasing surfaces, called calibrated screening surfaces 109 of the food which falls by gravity from the aforesaid overlying main tank 200.
  • calibrated screening surfaces 109 of the food which falls by gravity from the aforesaid overlying main tank 200.
  • the lower surface 106 of the mechanical metering device 100 is centrally occupied by an electromagnet 105 connected with the rotatable central spindle 108, which in turn is inserted in the longitudinal bore 104 of the rotatable screening basket 101.
  • the aforesaid lower surface 106 has an aperture 107 for allowing the passage of food after it has passed by gravity through the respective calibrated screening surface 109, after which the food reaches the underlying bowl 300.
  • the lower surface 203 of the main tank 200 is innovatively provided with a downward slope towards the horizontal lower opening 202, such that the food present in the main tank 200 flows without stagnations through the aforesaid opening.
  • a leading shut-off paddle 116 is preferably present on the upper part of said horizontal rotatable paddle 115 having a minimum thickness and mutually connected through the compensation spring 117, such that during the transverse rotation of both said paddles, the aforesaid leading shut-off paddle 116 rotates in a more advanced position with respect to the same horizontal rotatable paddle 115.
  • the portion of the front wall of the mechanical metering device 100 is provided with a graduated transverse slit 111, through which it is possible to manually and gradually rotate the rotatable screening basket 101 and thus position the desired calibrated screening surface 109 below the horizontal lower aperture 202 of the main tank 200.
  • the revolution period of the horizontal rotatable paddle 115 and the leading shut- off paddle 116 is constant, the movement of said paddles from the rest position, placed closed under the horizontal lower aperture 202, allows by gravity the formation of a temporary food flow through the calibrated screening surface 109, which is proportional to the aforesaid surface, and hence a perfectly calibrated amount of dispensed food will be obtained.
  • the portion of the front wall of the mechanical metering device 100 is provided with a buzzer 114 for informing the animal that the bowl 300 has been filled.
  • an electrical power supply cable 400 capable of transferring the electrical current to the electrical circuit of the inventive food dispenser and to the electromagnet 105, which terminates with the plug/timer 401.
  • the plug/timer 401 which consists of an on/off switch 113, a pilot light 112 and a timer 118, is directly connected to the supply mains by means of an integrated electric plug 119 and allows regulating the supply of the electrical current for brief periods of a few seconds, in any case sufficient for making the inventive rotatable paddles complete a full revolution from the aforesaid rest position.
  • Said timer mechanism therefore allows controlling the dispensing of meals at specific time intervals, starting from intervals of one hour, during certain predetermined periods of the day and for several consecutive days.
  • the innovative automatic dispenser could be subjected (by the animals) to stresses that are such to knock it over. For such reason, it is provided that this can be fixed to the wall or in any case to a stable object by means of at least one hook (not shown) situated on the rear of the main tank 200.
  • auxiliary tank 205 can be vertically engaged on the upper part of the main tank 200, in place of the cover 201.
  • Such further auxiliary tank 205 is closeable in turn by the aforesaid cover 201, and is capable of increasing the containing capacity and thus the autonomy of the inventive apparatus.
  • a longitudinal inspection slit 204 is present of variable size and closed by a thin plate of transparent material, through which it is possible to verify both the contents and the level of the food present inside the main tank 200.
  • the conformation of said rotatable cylindrical metering device 501 allows, in rest step, with the aforesaid aperture 502 upwardly oriented, to be filled with the food contained in the upper main tank 510 through the opening 511 and then to unload the aforesaid amount of food into the underlying bowl by means of a semi-rotation which brings the aforesaid aperture 502 into a completely overturned position coinciding with the aperture 521 of the inventive mechanical metering device 500.
  • a further semi- rotation concludes the cycle by bringing the aforesaid rotatable cylindrical metering device 501 back into rest position, and thus with the aforesaid aperture 502 upwardly oriented. As shown in Fig.
  • the rotational movement around a rear-front axis is actuated by means of the electromagnet 522 regulated and power supplied by the plug/timer 401 and is characterized in that the spindle 524 of said electromagnet 522 engages one of the central pins 523 of the rotatable cylindrical metering device 501.
  • the amount of food dispensed per single meal can be variable on the basis of the capacity of said rotatable cylindrical metering device 501 and hence on its interior volume, which for technical reasons can preferably comprise from 10 to 400 g of food.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un distributeur automatique d'aliments secs pour animaux de compagnie, lequel distributeur comprend au moins un réservoir principal (200), fermé sur sa partie supérieure par un couvercle (201), l'invention étant caractérisée en ce que ledit réservoir principal (200) est en prise verticalement sur un dispositif mécanique de mesure (100) muni à l'intérieur d'un panier rotatif de tamisage (101), d'une spatule horizontale rotative (115) munie d'une spatule d'obturation (116) reliée à un électroaimant (105), et étant caractérisée finalement en ce que ledit dispositif mécanique de mesure (100) est en prise verticalement sur une cuvette (300) conçue de manière appropriée pour s'étendre vers l'avant avec une ouverture avant.
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DE1607159A1 (de) * 1966-09-26 1970-10-01 Josef Gail Automatische Fuetterungseinrichtung
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